For local commutes, perhaps it’s time for a Segway
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Do you own a car or worse, a SUV? Do you need to commute to your work daily? Is the rising price of gas giving you (and everyone around you) the blues?
Rejoyce for an alternative exists!
This alternative doesn’t feed on gas so your wallet will love the rest of this story. Sporting a bizarre, made-up name, the Segway is a human transporter. This means you just strap a safety helmet, hop on the thing and zip to your next destination.
The Segway, invented by Dean Kamen, is intended for a variety of uses, such as:
…and perhaps even the transport industry. Why? Because transport companies all over the world operate facilities which can span great distances and most of the time, the land surfacing is compatible with a vehicle such as the Segway.
Just imagine the whopping economy in fuel that transports and logistics companies can save by making a few Segways available on their premises. Add to that the amount of time people save for getting from one place to another and you start to see a brighter picture for the future of human mobility, at such facilities.
In the manufacturer’s own words:
“The Segway Human Transporter is the first transportation product to stand, balance, and move in the same way we do. It harnesses a unique technology called “dynamic stabilization”–the result of more than a decade of research, development and testing, and tens of thousands of hours in field trials–to constantly monitor and balance the Segway HT and rider.
The Segway HT allows riders to travel short distances in dense environments that would be prohibitive to other transportation devices. An amazingly elegant design makes the Segway HT a part of you, sensing subtle changes in your balance and responding immediately. The Segway HT has a level of maneuverability never before seen on wheels–it can balance in place, move forwards and backwards, and turn in place.
Purchase of a Segway HT includes a training session on its operation and features, in order to properly prepare a new rider for safe and enjoyable operation of this new technology.”
The rising cost of fossil fuel forces us to find alternative ways to move around and although a Segway won’t replace an airplane, a commercial ship, a truck or a train, it’s a viable solution for individual transportation that could open the way for more robust counterparts, over time.
Tags: segway, local commutes, human transporter, alternative transport, fossil fuel, safety helmet
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